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CARRY OVER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "carry over" is one way to...):

die hard; endure; persist; prevail; run (continue to exist)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

carry-over (application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Transfer from one time period to the next

Synonyms:

carry forward; carry over

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "carry over" is one way to...):

shift; transfer (move around)

Domain category:

accountancy; accounting (the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Transport from one place or state to another

Example:

Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "carry over" is one way to...):

transport (move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Hold over goods to be sold for the next season

Synonyms:

carry over; hold over

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "carry over" is one way to...):

hold on; keep (retain possession of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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